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Caroline Flint
Labour MP for Don Valley
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Caroline Flint voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Communities and Local Government, Energy and Climate Change, Treasury, Home Department, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Child Care, Departmental Pay, Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs, Solar Power, Local Government Finance
(based on written questions asked by Caroline Flint and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Planning and Energy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Health Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Drugs Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Anti-social Behaviour Bill Committee (8 out of 12)
- Crime (International Co-operation) Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
- Education Bill Committee (14 out of 20)
- High Hedges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Competition (2 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral answer of 26 January 2012, Official Report, column 403, on competition, what steps he has taken to reduce the administrative burden on small suppliers.”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Feed-in Tariffs (2 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral answer of 26 January 2012, Official Report, column 4081, on feed-in tariff for solar photovoltaic, whether he plans to instigate an inquiry into the handling of the proposals to reduce feed-in tariffs.”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Photovoltaics (2 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral answer of 26 January 2012, Official Report, column 392, on photovoltaics, what recent estimate his Department has made of the average cost to households of meeting the proposed energy efficiency standard.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 172 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 68.37% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 33 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 663 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payment of £75for completing September 2010 survey. 1 hour. Payment made directly to Don Valley Labour Party on 13 October 2010. (Registered 27 October 2010)
Payment of £75 for completing November 2010 survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment made directly to Don Valley Labour Party in December 2010. (Registered 26 January 2011)
Payment of £75 for completing January 2011 survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment made directly to Don Valley Labour Party, received 6 February 2011. (Registered 5 July 2011)
Payment of £75 for completing Febuary 2011 survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment made directly to Don Valley Labour Party, received 24 March 2011. (Registered 5 July 2011)
Payment of £75 for completing March-April 2011 survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment made directly to Don Valley Labour Party, received 18 May 2011. (Registered 5 July 2011)
Payment of £75 for completing May 2011 survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment made directly to Don Valley Labour Party, received 10 June 2011. (Registered 5 July 2011)
Payment of £75 for completing June 2011 survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment made directly to Don Valley Labour Party on 7 July 2011. (Registered 22 July 2011)
Payment of £75 for completing September 2011 survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment made directly to Don Valley Labour Party, received 11 November 2011. (Registered 14 December 2011)
Payment of £100 for appearance on Sky, Adam Boulton Live (8 August 2010), 3 hours. Payment donated to Don Valley Labour Party in October 2010. (Registered 27 October 2010)
Payment of £300 received on 8 September 2010 for article in The Times newspaper published 6 August 2010. Address: 3 Thomas Moore Square, London E98 1TY. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 27 October 2010)
Payment of £80 for completing January 2011 online research survey for YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT. Hours: 2 hrs. Payment made directly to Don Valley Labour Party, received 6 February 2011. (Registered 5 July 2011)
Payment of £80 for completing March 2011 survey for Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT. Payment made directly to Don Valley Labour Party, received 11 April 2011. (Registered 5 July 2011)
4. Sponsorships
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
(b) Name of donor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
(b) Address of donor: 1 Embankment Place, London WC2N 6RH
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Policy analysis provided to me as Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, commencing 3 May 2011: 3 days per week for May, June and July 2011; 4 days per week for August and September 2011. Total value £25,515.
(b) Date of receipt: 3 May 2011
(b) Date of acceptance: April 2011
(b) Donor status: limited liability partnership
(b) (Registered 27 April 2011; updated 6 September 2011)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: Local Government Labour Group
Address of donor : Local Government House, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: accommodation (2 nights) and travel to the Local Government Association Conference in Birmingham, 28-30 June 2011, for me and one member of staff; total approximate value £800.
Date of receipt of donation: 28 June 2011
Date of acceptance of donation: 28 June 2011
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 26 July 2011)
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £19,383 (314th) | £20,861 (352nd) | £22,108 (joint 188th with 3 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,317 (joint 189th with 1 other) | £19,718 (joint 250th with 2 others) | £14,580 (399th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,255 (joint 107th with 10 others) | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £18,263 (297th) | £19,114 (288th) | £12,920 (584th) | £16,502 | £16,131 (441st) | £16,693 (539th) | £18,230 (joint 203rd with 4 others) | £13,487 (397th) |
| Staffing costs | £79,827 (571st) | £89,319 (260th) | £86,147 (251st) | £67,703 | £59,313 (616th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £60,614 (512th) | £46,225 (309th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,137 (398th) | £9,580 (224th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,088 (242nd)1 | £8,918 (258th)2 | £8,560 (284th)3 | £7,165 | £9,727 (343rd) | £10,391 (314th) | £11,073 (283rd) | £7,610 (339th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £60 (joint 363rd with 1 other) | £0 | £407 (250th) | £803 | £1,041 (179th) | £987 (165th) | £1,517 (joint 94th with 1 other) | £94 (joint 406th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,457 (80th) | £2,391 (45th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,979 (joint 30th with 1 other) | £1,269 (135th) | £1,316 (193rd) | £786 | £3,074 (50th) | £1,546 (121st) | £1,303 (joint 214th with 2 others) | £897 (375th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,730 (11th) | £3,217 (joint 263rd with 1 other) | £1,358 | £10,245 (42nd) | £5,934 (82nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,591 (10th) | £1,330 (35th) | £137 | £2,021 (joint 38th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 33rd with 8 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £142,194 (424th) | £158,773 (114th) | £136,005 (361st) | £116,088 | £124,072 (306th) | £127,167 (168th) | £114,476 (291st) | £84,914 (408th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £9,088 (56th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,548 (456th). Rail £7,370 (98th).